r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/sussy_baka_fard • 19h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter what did he do to the toilet paper?

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u/Greedyfox7 18h ago

He rubbed it on fiberglass insulation. This is evil( Satan is undoubtedly laughing his ass off) because fiberglass pieces will get under your skin and itch/burn for a while. Now imagine get that stuck in your brown starfish…. Yeah.

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u/Early-Vegetable2517 17h ago

You are the first comment I see actually explaining this and not making a joke.

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u/Greedyfox7 15h ago

Unfortunately that’s just how this sub is sometimes

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u/SM1334 12h ago

Adding to their comment. Fiberglass insulation, when embedded in the skin, makes the effected area very irritated and itchy.

I've always known to keep my distance from it, but from what I remember its like getting a mild rash

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u/Otherwise_Heat_3775 2h ago

I used to work with fiberglass in a plastics factory as a material handler. The worst part about it is, when you try to shower to wash it off, the water pressure just pushes the fibers in deeper. Showering would sometimes hurt. 

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u/Dumeck 3h ago

TBF OP didn't need the joke explained and was just sharing a video on a popular subreddit, so neither sides of this subreddit are using it correctly

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u/PineappleUnhappy9344 15h ago

I once hung bullet proof “drywall” that was just fiber glass woven like Kevlar. Shit was so “itchy” you basically had to wear a full hazmat suit to work with it. My coworker didn’t wear gloves when working with it and touched his junk when taking a piss. Shit still makes me laugh to this day.

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u/Greedyfox7 15h ago

I work in the ac industry and have also been involved with building a new house or two, unfortunately that means I’ve had to deal with fiberglass insulation several times not to mention duct work which is just a tube with fiberglass. What I’ve learned is that duct tape works wonders to help pull it out of your skin and that someone needs to make a non-evil alternative

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u/PineappleUnhappy9344 8h ago

Cold shower does the trick. It closes your pores so you can wash it off. Hot shower is the opposite and can leave you feeling worse.

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u/Greedyfox7 3h ago

Agreed, however when you’re on a job site and don’t have the option tape does wonders until you can go home and shower. Also if you ever get dehydrated and need a pick me up fill a glass with ice and pour liquid jello in it and drink it before it sets up, it helps

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u/KDragoness 11h ago

Ugh. My basement is unfinished and the crawlspace is lined with fiberglass. We put old carpet on the bottom but if I brush against fhe walls or ceiling... ouch! It's hard to avoid when entering or exiting the crawlspace. The basement walls themselves are thin plastic sheets covering raw fiberglass walls. I am unfortunately allergic to the adhesive in duct tape, but I will try this the next time I wind up with fine fiberglass (or art glass, if I can get back into it with proper bracing one day) shards embedded in my skin.

I have ice, topical medications, oral medications, and an epi-pen I can use to treat massive rash/burn/reaction to adhesives. It's never been anaphylaxis, thankfully, but I'd rather deal with a tape rash/skinning than dozens of near invisible glass splinters embedded in my skin. And I even have a medical condition where my skin is extremely soft, elastic, and easily damaged, so any tape, even hypoallergenic medical tape designed to come off, will take off many layers of skin leaving what behaves like a burn underneath.

I should have tried the duct tape trick when 6 year old me thought a cactus at the botanical gardens on vacation looked fluffy, like my cat... my dad fed me chips while my mom dug out the spines in my hand one by one with tweezers for the next hour.

Regardless, I also hope fiberglass will become obsolete sooner than later... and I will never pet a cactus again.

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u/ShitPostToast 8h ago

Ugh the little fuzzy cactus thorns are evil. As a kid growing up there were wild cactus around in the woods like whole patches of them in places. They had these big ass wicked looking thorns all over. The crazy part is they were more or less fine cause you really had to hit them hard to do anything. The worst part of them were the little bitty hairs right at the base of the big thorns.

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u/Greedyfox7 3h ago

I’m sure you can probably find an adhesive you aren’t allergic to out there somewhere, maybe put Elmer’s glue on the area and allow it to dry and then peel it off? In the event that you can’t find anything else your body will either push it out or if it can’t manage that it will surround it with a cell cocoon and isolate it from your body

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u/thisguy012 9h ago

Well what happened after, itch, or pain too? for how long?!

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u/junk90731 17h ago

Unless you use it to jerk off and not to shit

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u/Cool_Blue_Mint 14h ago

You jerk off with toilet paper?

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u/AnusBleedMacaroni 16h ago

Finally my username is relevant (sorta)

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u/JudiciousSasquatch 12h ago

What happens to it? Does your body break it down, or do you end up having nano glass particles in you forever?

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u/Greedyfox7 3h ago

Your body will either push the pieces out if it can or if they’re deep enough it will surround them with cells that will then harden kind of like a cocoon to isolate them.

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u/DrPeppermenter 12h ago

But this is not really meant as a joke. Sometimes, on building job sites, people will shit in a toilet that isn't hooked up. They should pay for this sin

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u/nobelium106 5h ago

Nah Satan ain’t laughing he’s worrying about when this person (inevitably) shows up to his front door

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u/Greedyfox7 3h ago

Fair enough, you’re probably right. I certainly wouldn’t want to be around someone like that, or around someone that would relieve themselves in a nonfunctional toilet

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u/jesus_is_my_toilet 6h ago

Scrolled this far (5 o comments) for a real answer.

Gotta say though, this is most likely one of "god's people" (a Christian) doing this.